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Trooper WILLIAM JOHN McVAY

Service Number: 7907725
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Armoured Corps

11th Hussars

Date of Death

Died 17 December 1940

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HALFAYA SOLLUM WAR CEMETERY

21. A. 10.

Egypt

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Robert and Elizabeth Jane McVay, of Fazakerley, Liverpool.
  • Personal Inscription IN MEMORY OF OUR BILL, SAFE IN THE ARMS OF JESUS IN PERFECT PEACE HE AWAITS US ALL
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Buried or commemorated at

HALFAYA SOLLUM WAR CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 2061
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